Kent State's Darrell Hazell named Purdue football coach

12:25 PM,
Dec. 5, 2012

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Darrell Hazell has been named Purdue's new football coach, the school announced this morning.

The 48-year-old Hazell becomes the 35th football coach in school history. Terms of the agreement were not announced. He is the first African-American coach at Purdue in men's basketball or football.

"Darrell is a great fit to build on our existing foundation," athletic diretor Morgan Burke said in a statement. "His leadership at Kent State, combined with his prior experience at Ohio State and other stops along the way, has prepared him to help us continue to move toward developing a ...